Tag: Christianity

The European Regimes that Sell the Family Silver

MICHAEL WALSH DISSIDENT JOURNALIST: We often talk about a country’s assets fuelling prosperity; its industrial might and its natural resources, its economic know-how; its pivotal trading position; its geographical location, and its technology. Sadly. People – yes people, the greatest asset is nowhere to be seen on the […]

Why Australians voted against Aboriginal Voting Rights

Australians have voted against constitutional amendments that would have allowed Indigenous people to create an advisory body that could discuss issues of concern to them with government and Parliament, Australia’s National Tally Room reports. WE WELCOME READERS’ COMMENTS ON OUR STORIES Is apartheid (separation of the race) good […]

The Saint who saved Mariners

MICHAEL WALSH – EX-MARINER Samuel Plimsoll (1824 – 1898) was an English politician and social reformer. He is best remembered for having devised the Plimsoll line. This is a painted watermark on a ship’s hull indicating the ship’s maximum safe draught. If the weight of a loaded cargo pressed the vessel’s […]

A Suspended Coffee, Please

A poorly dressed man asked for a ‘Suspended’ coffee in a cafe. I was very surprised when I learned what this meant! A few years ago, I sat with a friend in a small cozy cafe near the famous city of Venice. While we were enjoying incredibly delicious […]

There Goes Your Illusions of Free Speech

MICHAEL WALSH IS FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT FOR THE AMERICAN FREE PRESS: What lies behind the European Union’s increasing control of users’ content on social media? The issue is a radical shift that supersedes the tech giants’ own content moderating (and censorship) control. The new Digital Services Act (DSA) claims […]